• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    20 hours ago

    America was isolated from WW2 and joined at the end on their terms and for their benefit thanks to their location/geography.

    That was WWI, they were in WWII from the start.

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      20 hours ago

      The US was most certainly NOT part of WW2 from the start.

      We provided aid early in the war through our lend-lease programs, but the US made it a point to stay out of the war. That changed after Pearl Harbor.

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        Okay “from the start” was wrong on my part, but they were an active combatant for most of the war.

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          They joined the European war late, haven’t been around for the most of it time-wise.

          They joined in 1943, 68% of time in.

          The Germans lost less people fighting against the US in Europe total than in the Battle of Stalingrad.